GLENWOOD SPRINGS – — The Colorado Mountain College board of trustees on Monday tossed out a lease agreement permitting installation of a natural gas compressor station on the school’s Spring Valley campus.
But Natalie Shelbourn, a spokeswoman for SourceGas, which wants the to install the compressor facility on college land, said CMC is “really giving us no alternative but to take legal action.”
The trustees also agreed to hire a lawyer to defend their position.
“We have a legally binding lease with CMC,” said Shelbourn, “We’ll be taking action to build the project on the original site.”
The decision came after a two-hour executive session at the regular May meeting of the board in Glenwood Springs. No SourceGas officials were at the meeting.
The announcement caught some observers by surprise, coming as it did after weeks of controversy over a proposal by the SourceGas natural gas distribution company to build a compressor station on college land.
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